Linotype-machine.



PATENTED JULY 2a, 190s.

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APPLICATION FILED JAN. 15, 1903.

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' D. A. PoE & W. H. SCHARF? LINOTYPE MAGHINE.

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LINOTYPE MACHINE.

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' LINOTYPE MACHINE.

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LINOTYPB MACHINE.

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DAVID-A. non ANi)` WILLIAM R. vsCHAR-n, on MONTREAL, CANADA, AssIeNojRsTo AMERonNTnALER LINCTYPR COMPANY, A CCR- PoRATroN or NEW YORK..

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.oPECIFICATIONh/foining part of Letters Patent No. 734,746, dated July 28, 1903.

` Application iiledkannary l5, IQOAS. Serial No. 139.244. (No model.)

Be it known'thatwey-DAVID A. POE an To a/ZZ whom) in' "may concern: i

WILLIAM H. SCHARFpof Montreal, Province,` of Quebec, and Dominion of Canada,`have invented a new and useful Improvement in Linotype-Machines, of which the following is` a specification.

This invention relates to a machine for prod ucingand assembling linotypes or printing-bars, each bearing on the edge in relief properly spaced and justified the characters..

`boardrepresent the Various characters and spacers and serve to release them in the re quired order.`

slug with its edge formed in the matrices,

and, finally, the matrices and spacers distrib nted to the upper end of,` the magazines from ried past trimming-knives and delivered sucsemblage or composition.

cessively into a galley.

In its general organization the machine resembles the wellknown `ll/Iergenthaler linotype, described as to its essential features in United States Letters Patent Nos. 436,531 and 557,000. 4

In the Mergenthaler machine the matrices falling from `the magazine were assembled in line and the composed line moved forward in the plane of assemblage to the casting mechanism and thereafter moved bodily upward and rearward to a distributing mechanism.

In the improved machine the casting, trimming, and ejecting mechanisms are arranged ina plane at right angles to the plane of as- Improved devices are provided for turning the matrix-line after its composition and transferring it to the cast- .h ing mechanism, and in connection with thesev r parts various novel features are providedl in By suitable mechanisms the.v matrices and spacers areassemoled in lines, `the lines transferred successively to the facci of a slotted mold and ju'stied, the mold filled` with molten metal to produce the linotype orf the casting mechanism and in the mechanisms forseparating the matrices andspacers and transferring the former to their distrib- 1u ting mechanism and the latter to their maga fzine.

In the accompanying drawings, Fignre lis a front elevation of the improved machine;

Fig. 2, an end elevation of the same looking from the left. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the lines 3 3 of the preceding figures looking in a downward direction, the details of the keyboard, foreign to the present invention, being omitted. Fig.4 is a longitudinal 4vertical section through the matrix-assembler and attendant parts on the correspondinglynumbered line of Figs. 2 and 3. Figs. 5 and 6 are vertical cross-sections of the same on the.correspondingly-numbered lines of Fig.

et` looking in the direction indicated by the arrow. Fig. 7 is a top plan View of the matrix-assembler, casting devices, and adjacent parts with the assembler in the receiving `and adjacent parts in the position shown in Fig. 8, illustrating the manner in which the matrix-line is delivered to the supporting devices in front of the mold. Fig. 10 is a vertical cross-section through the casting de- Vices with the matrix-line in position to cooperate therewith, the' view being taken on the correspondiugly-numbered line of Figs. 2, 3, 7, 8, and'9. Fig. 11 is a horizontal section through part of the casting mechanism on'the correspondingly-numbered line of Fig. Al0, showing particularly the manner in which the matrix-line is confined endwise when in the casting position. Fig. 12 is a front ele- Vation of the mechanism for trimming the side faces of the slugs and delivering the same to the galley looking to the right on the line 13 13 of Fig. l. Fig. 13 is a horizontal crosssection of the same on the correspondingly-4 the ejector-blade on the line 14,- Fig. 3, looking in the direction indicated by the arrow. Fig. 15 is a sectional elevation illustrating the devices for assembling the slugs in the galley. Fig. 16 is a top plan view of the moldcarrier and adjacent parts, showing particularly the devices for holding in position the knife for trimming the base of the slug. Fig. 17 is a rear elevationof the mold, its carrier, the knife for trimming the base of the slug, and adjacent parts. Fig. 18 is a perspective View illustrating the parts for receiving the line of matrices and spacers subsequent to the casting operation, separating them, and transferring the matrices to their distributing mechanism and the spacers to their maga-` zine, the parts being in the position occupied immediatelyafterthecastingoperation. Fig. 19 is a similar view showing the same parts at a later stage in the operation, the matrices being lifted away from the spacers and the latter assembled in a temporary'receiver or transfer device. Fig. 2O is a side elevation illustrating certain devices for controlling the parts shownin the two preceding figures and preventing their premature action. Fig. 21 is a horizontal cross-section on the correspondingly-numbered line of the preceding figure looking in a downward direction. Fig. 22 is a side elevation illustrating on a larger scale certain details shown in Fig. 20. Fig. 23 is an elevation looking toward the righthand side of the machine and showing more particularly the main driving connections and the devices for imparting motion to the carriers for the matrices and spacers. Fig. 24 is a horizontal section on the correspondinglynumbered line of the preceding figure looking downward. Figs. 25 and 26 are side elevations illustrating two of the principal cams and the parts actuated by them. Fig. 27 is an elevation looking from the right and illustrating the driving and controlling mechanisms. Fig. 28 is a top plan View of the parts shown in the preceding figure, the main drivingshaft, its clutch, and attendant parts being shown in horizontal section through the center. Fig. 29 is a top plan view of certain o f the parts shown in Fig. 27. Figs. 30 and 31 represent, respectively, a matrix and an expansible spacer.

As before mentioned,we employ as the basis of our machine a series of matrices and eX- 'pansible Wedge-spacers, which are shown in The expanding spacers Z consist of two op` positely-tapered wedges a and a', connected vby a dovetail joint, the upper and shorter wedge z being provided with ears, whereby Each matrix Y` the device as a Whole is supported in the machine and the upper wedge held at rest in the line, while the lower and longer wedge is thrust upward through the line to elongate and justify the same, this action being the same as in the Mergenthaler machine.

Referring to Figs. 1, 2, and'3, A represents the rigid main frame, which may be of any form and construction adapted to sustain the various operative parts hereinafter described. B is a stationary inclined magazine consisting of top and bottom plates grooved in their proximate faces to receive the edges of the matrices which are stored therein, being received from the distributer at the upper end and delivered atthe lower end in the manner usual in linotype-machines. C represents the keyboard, including a series of finger-keys representing the Various characters, quads, and eXpansible spacers, these keys being connected through intermediate parts with the spacing devices in the mouth of the magazine B for the purpose of releasing therefrom the individual matrices in the order in which their characters are to appear in print. D is an inclined belt or apron upon which the released matrices fall from the mouth of the magazine and by which they are delivered in a downward direction one-after another into the assembler E, by which they are assembled or composed in line. F is a fixed magazine in which expansible spacersare stored and from which they-are delivered by gravity one at a time through the action of the fingerkey that they may assume their places in the matrix-line in course of composition in the assembler E.

The two magazines, the keyboard, the conveyer-belt, and the assembling devices are all of essentially the same construction as in the ordinary Mergenthaler machine and form no part of our invention, for which reason a detailed description is deemed unnecessary herein. As to any features of these parts not shown or described herein reference may be had to the lVIergenthaler patents above named and to the machines now in commercial use.

In the Mergenthaler machines the assembler E was arranged to rise after the completion of the line, so that the matrices which were received at one end moved out at the opposite end in the passage to the casting mechanism. Ourassemblerditfers therefrom in that it is mounted on a vertical pivot e, so that after the composition of the line is completed it may be turned horizontally from the receiving position (shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 7) to a position at right angles to that occupied while receiving thematrices, as shown in Figs. 8 and 9, its receiving end being carried rearward to communicate with the parts for presenting the matrices to the casting mechanism. The upper or channeled portion e' of the assembler is mounted to slide endwise on the lower or supporting portion e2, as plainly shown in Figs. 4, 5, 6, and 9, and

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this in order that `the receiving end of the sliding portionmaybe interlocked with the frame and held in position during the entrance of the matrices and subsequently interlocked with the devices which are to re-` with the lower part. This spring tends to ad-V vance the sliding portion. The depression of the hand-lever effects its retraction.

in holding the assembler from turning. When the composition of the line is completed, the operator compresses the end of the lever e3, thereby drawing the top portion containing the matrices backward, disengaging its end from the frame, and at the same time diseuf gaging the lever from the plate e5, whereupon the Iassembler, being free, is turned by swingn ing the -lever horizontally. When the assembler has been turned through an arc of ninety degrees, the lever is released, engaging another notch in the plate e5 to lock the assembler in the new position and at the same time permitting the `top portion to slide rearward until its end iuterlocks with the adja- "Figs 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, dac.

cent parts. The platee5 serves also the additional purpose of holding the lever and the sliding portion forward until the assembler has completed its rotation in'one direction or the other.

During the assemblage of the matrix-line and as it elongates it is necessary to hold the.

matrices closely together in compact order. This is eectedby aflnger or resistance c6 on the forward end of a slide e7, mounted in a horizontal groove in the inner wall of the assembler and acting through an intermediate spring e8 on a friction-slide e9, so that a matrixline advancing in the carrier will push the sliding parts rearward. After the carrier hasV been turned rearward these sliding parts are utilized to push the line of matrices out ofthe end ofthe carrier into the receiving and supporting `members of the casting mechanism. In order to prevent this action from being too violent,we connect the sliding resistant to a piston-,rod c1", having its piston mounted to slide in a cylinder or dash-pot c, attached to the rear end of the assembler, as shown in As the matrices are delivered into the assembler they are retained therein, as shown inFig. '7, by horizontal swinv'in0r awls or dogs cl2 iivoted to the side `walls of the assembler and forced inward by springs cl3, as shown in the supplemental viigure adjacent to Fig. 7. For the purpose of opening these pawls to release the matrix` line when it is to be delivered sliding pins empare mounted in theend of the assembler to act on the heels of the pawls, so that after The l lever looks into a fixed notch-plate e5 to assist the assembler has been turned to its rearward position and the top permitted to slide backward the pins c14 contacting with the frame will open the dogs or pawls, so that the line may be pushed out of the assembler. When the matrix-line is thus delivered from the assembler, it requires to be supported in front of and against the mold while the latter is receiving molten metal from the pot at its back. The arrangement of parts to this end is clearly shown in Figs. 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, tbc., in which G represents the line-support, consisting of two parallel arms Vrigidly connected -at their forward ends and having their rear ends adapted to receive the line of matrices and spacers between them and to give snpport thereto by resting under their upper shoulders or ears, as shown in Figs. 10 and 18.

As before mentioned, the delivery of the matrices from the assembler into the support is effected by sliding the resistant e6 and its connected parts rearward or toward the end of the assembler through which the matrices wereintroduced. Thisactionisclearlyshown in Fig. 9. In order to effect this delivering action of the slides, they are provided with a vertically-moving toothed dog or pawl e15 to engage the toothed actuating-bar ew, which is mounted to slide forward and backward in guides on the frame, as shown in Figs. 7, 8, and 9, under the 4iniuence of an actuatinglink e", attached to the upper end of the vibrating lever ew, actuated as hereinafter described. The actuating-arm e16 stands normally in aforward position, as shown in Figs. 3 and 7,and when the assembler is turned to its rearward position the pawl 615 is brought beneath the toothed end of the arm, as shown in Figs. 8 -and 9. The pawl is held normally down by a latch ew, Figs. 4 and 9. This latch 619 is disengaged at the proper time by .a iinger-lever 620, pivoted to the forward end of the assembler, as shown in Figs. 4, 5, and 9, and when thus disengaged it is thrown upward by an underlying spring into engagement with arm @16, so that when the latter is moved forward by the actuating-lever it carries with it the slides in the assembler, causing them to push the matrix-line out of the assembler into the support G in front of the mold. As soon as this is accomplished the slides move forward in the assembler preparatery to its being restored again to the receiving position to receive the next line of matrices.

In order to disengage the slides from the actuating bar or slide @16, the pawl e15S isI prov vided, as shown in Figs. 4 and 7, with a forwardly-extending arm 621 and the assembler provided, as shown in Figs. 1, 7, 8, and 9, with a horizontal slide @22, actuated by a iinger-lever @23 on the assembler and having at the rear end an inclined surface to act beneath the end of the arm eil, and thereby rock the pawl or dog el downward out of engage-` ment with the arm ew.' This breaks the con- IOO IIO

y'nectionbetween the operating devioesand the other parts, so that the assembler is free vbetween the fingers I and the slide c, as shown in Fig. 9, the slide or detent being urged rearward by the spring at its front, as previously explained. When the slides return to the-front after delivering the matrices, they carry with them the finger I, which must obviously beraised clear of the matrixline to pass forward thereover. This is effected by means of a switch-bar g4, lying along the inner wall of the support G, its forward end being mounted on a horizontal pivot g5, while its rear end is beveled or inclined on the upper side. As the parts move rearward al stud on the finger I rides beneath and lifts the rear end of the switch g4, which then falls, its inclined end standing in such posiktion that when the slides move forward with the finger the stud on the latter will ride against the inclined surface of the switch and then travel along on its top, the eect being to raise the nger clear of the matrix-line and Vsupport it while it is traveling forward over fiuence of a lifting-spring g2, and this for the purpose of alining the matrices against the mold, as will be presently explained.

The line-support G is so located that when the assembler containing the line is turned rearward the two will interlock and stand in exact alinement, so that when the line is pushed rearward out of the assembler E it will readily enter the support G and be sustained therein in front of the mold H, as shown in Fig.10. This mold consists,as usual, of a block having therethrough from front to back a slot or mold proper of the exact dimensions of the required slug or linotype. It is mounted in a carrier plate or arm h, fixed on one end of a horizontal shaft h', mounted so as to rock and also slide endwise in the main frame, so that the rocking of the shaft will serve, first, to place the mold horizontally in operative relation to lthe matrix-line, as shown in Fig. IO, and thereafter to carry the mold downward toward the front of the machine until the mold-slot assumes a vertical position to permit the ejection of the slug,as shown in Fig. 13, and hereinafter more fully explained. The mold is constructed with a horizontal shoulder h2 along its front face to overlie the Alips or shoulders at the lower end of the matrices, as shown in Fig. l0, so that when the line-support G rises,as previously mentioned, it will lift the shoulders of the matrices firmly against the shoulder of the mold, as shown in,

Fig. 10, and thusinsure thehorizontal alinement of their characters.

It will be understood that the mold-slot registers with the letters or characters in the matrices, so that when the mold is filled with molten metal to produce the slug orlinotype this metal will fiow into the matrices, which will produce the characters in relief on its edge, as usual.

It is necessary that the mold shall be pressed firmly against the edge of the matrices previous to the casting operation in order to form a close joint between them to prevent the escape of the molten metal, and it is further necessary after the casting operation to withdraw the mold from the matrices in order to draw the type characters on the edge of the slug out of the matrix-cavities and permit thematrix-line to be discharged endwise from the support- G preparatory to distribution. This to-and-fro motion of the mold is effected by the end motion of its supporting-shaft h', referred to above, this motion being effected by means hereinafter described.

It is of course necessary that the matrixline while in front of the mold shall be confined endwise to maintain a close cont-act between the side faces of the matrices and spacers and to keep the line of exact length of the mold-slot. This is accomplished, as shown in Figs. 3, 7, S,and ll, by lips or shoulders h3, projecting from the front face of the mold, so that as the mold moves forward toward the line of matrices suspended in the support G the lips h3 will pass outside of the ends of the line, which will consequently be confined between them., as plainly shown in Fig. 1l. The inner faces of the lips h3 are preferably beveled or rounded near their extremities, as indicated to facilitate the passage of the matrices between them.

After the line is confined, as above de scribed, in front of the mold it is justied preparatory to the casting operation by thrusting upward through the line the long Wedgeshaped members of such spacers Z as happen to be included in the line, as plainly shown in Figs. 9, 10, and 11, until the line is elongated or expanded tightly between confining lips. The upward movement of the spacers to effect justification and their downward movement after the casting operation to loosen the matrices are produced by the justifier-bar J, carried on the upper end of the rod j, mounted in guides on the main frame and IOO IIO

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actuated by a vertically-moving lever j', as shown in Fig. 9, this lever being in turn op` erated as hereinafter explained.

The bar J has its upper edge of T form in cross-section, and the lower ends of the spacer- Wedges contain correspondingnotches,so that as the matrix-line containing the spaces is moved into the holder G the lower ends of the spacers embrace the upper edge of the bar J, as shown in Figs. 9 and 10. When the bar rises, it drives all the spaces upward. When it falls, it drives them positively downward to their original position in the line,

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leaving them free, however, to move laterally from the end of bar J when the matrix-line is transferred toward the distributing mechanism.

While the justified line is confined tightly against the mold the latter is filled with molten metal through its back from the perforated mouthof a melting-pot K, which is arranged to close tightly against the back of the mold, as usual, as plainly shown in Figs. The pot is provided with and supported by legs 7c, the lower ends of which are mounted on a horizontal shaft 7c in the mainframe, this arrangement permitting the pot to swing forward and Abackward to and from the mold. The pot tends to fall back by gravity, and it receives its forward motion and a yielding pressure against the mold through a lever k2, (see Fig. 1,) pivoted at its `lower end to the main frame and acting at its upper end on a spring k3, mounted `on an eyebolt loosely connecting the ppt and lever. The lever carries an antifriction-roller which receives motion from a cam 7a4` on a horizontal shaft fc5, mounted in the main frame. It will be observed that this shaft,`

the delivery-mouth of the pot, the mold, and the line-support all lie `in parallel lines at right angles to thefront of the machine and to the plane in which the matrix-line is composed. The delivery of the molten metal from the pot tothe mold is effected, as usual, by a vertical plunger k6, acting in a Well or cylinder in the pot, as in the Mergenthaler machine. This plunger is actuated by a lever k7, depressed bya spring its, Fig. l, and `raised and maintained at the proper times by a cam 769 on the shaft fc5 acting against an antifriction-roller on the under side of the lever. After the casting operation the mold is withdrawn fromthe matrices, as previously described, and then swings downward and forward in the `manner indicated in Fig. 16 A through an arc of ninety degrees until its slot containing the linotype-slug L stands in a vertical position preparatory to delivery, the means for imparting this motion to the moldbeinghereinafterdescribed; Whenthe vmold reaches the vertical position, it stands, as shown in Fig. 13, directly in front of two vertical trimming-knives M and M', adjustably secured to the main frame in such position that the outgoing slug will be delivered `between them and trimmed on its side faces1 and to remove the thin burs or fins which are sometimes produced at the forward edge by"l the metal overflowing between the matrices and the mold when the parts are not absolutely clean. The delivery of the slug is effected by an ejector-blade N, mounted Vto slide horizontallyin guides in the mainframe, as shown in Figs. 1, 3, i3, and 16, and having travel sufficient to deliver the slug from the mold and between the knives into the stationary chute or guide O beyond them. After the slug has passed the knives it is free to fall endwise into the chute, which is formed with a shoulder or offset 0 of such form as to receive and arrest the lower end of the falling slug and give the upper end an outward or falling tendency, as indicated by the arrow in Fig. 12, so that the slug turns over end for end and slides out of the lower end of the chute into the stationary receiving-galley P,

into which the slugs fall one after another on end, this assembled series or form of slugs being pushed forward in the galley against a sliding support Q by the vibrating pusher R, as shown in Figs. 12 and 13. Y

' While the slug remains in its loriginal position in the mold its base is trimmed. flush with the rear face of the mold in order that it may be ofexactly the predeterminedheight,

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during this trimming action, so that there may be no variation in the height of the slug in consequence of the springing of the moldsupportortheknifesupport- Thearmiwhich supports the knife is therefore extended out- IIO ward and forward past the edge of the moldsupporting arm s and provided at the front with an antifriction-roller 'm to ride against the front face of the arm, which is parallel with the rearface. By this arrangement the arm is held forward firmly, so that its knife will bear closely against the'mold. While it is preferred to use the roller m, it is evident that it simply serves to reduce the friction and that the knife-arm may bear directly on the face of the mold-carrying arm.

After the line of matrices and spacers has served its purpose at the front of the mold it is necessary to transfer the matrix-line to the distributing mechanism at the top of the machine and to separate the spacers from the line and transfer them directly to their magazine F. The distributing mechanism is the same as that of the ordinary Mergenthaler machine, consisting of a horizontal bar T, overlying the magazine and provided along its lower edge with permuted teeth to engage the teeth in the upper ends of the matrices arid-' sjus'tain themas they are carried along .thebar by horizontal feedscrews U until j they arrive over their proper channels in the l both vlie parallel with the front of the machine, while the composed line stands at right angles thereto during the casting action, it is necessary that both the matrices and the spacers shall he given a quarter of a revolution before presentation'to the distributer and to the spacer-magazine, respectively. For this purpose I employ the mechanism represented in detail in Figs. l, 2, 18, and 19, in whichV represents a carrier for the spacers having inclined shoulders on its inner faces to receive the supporting-lips of the spacers. This carrier, open at the top, is mounted so that it first descends into position at the rear end of the matrix-line support G, as shown F, as shown in Fig. l, so that when the spacers in Fig. 18, so that when the matrix-line containing the spacers is pushed rcarwardout of the support the spacers will be received in the carrier V,which thereafter rises and turns horizontally, finally coming into position against the upper side of the space-magazine are released, as presently explained, they will slide out of the carrier V into the magazine F.

For the purpose of lifting and turning the matrix-line the elevator W is provided, consisting of a bar toothed on its under side to engage theteeth of all the matrices as the line is pushed rearward out of the support G. This elevator W has a supporting-arm mounted to slide on a xed guiding-bar t0, fixed to the main frame and twisted, as shown in the various figures, so that when the elevator descends it is guided to a position in the top of the spacer-carrier V, as shown in Fig. 18, and that when lifted it will 'be given a quarterrevolution and be brought into alinement with the distributing devices at the top of the magazine, so that the matrixline may be pushedforward endwise from the elevator into the distributing mechanism by the horizontal slide 102, as in the linotype-machine.

- The elevator W descends by gravity and is raised at the required time by a liftingchain 1,03, passed, as shown in Fig. 2, over a fixed guide-pulley 104, thence around a pulley 105 on the end of the vibrating arm 1,06, for ward around another fixed pulley 107, and finally back again to the arm 106, this arrangement multiplying motion, so that a comparatively small movement of the arm is sufficient to cause the chain to lift the elevator snugly to its uppermost position adjacent to the distributing devices. The arm 106 is pivoted atits lower end to the main frame and provided near the lower end with a roller 108, riding against an actuating-cam 10", as shown in Figs. 2 and 26. This roller is carried by a plate jointed to the arm 0.06 and acting on an intervening spring 109. This connection permits the application of a yield ing strain to the lifting-chain, so that the elevator is drawn up with certainty to its seat at the end of the distributer, insuring exact alinement. Referring again to the spacercarrier V, it receives its vertical and rotary motion through devices shown particularly in Figs. l, 18, 19, and 23. It is carried by wrists on the rear ends of two horizontal crank-arms 0 and 0', carried, respectively,

by a vertical guide-rod 02 and a vertical' shaft 03, which latter is mounted to rotate and also to slide up and down through guides in the frame. The crank 0 is fastened to the shaft 03 to move therewith, and the crank 0 is connected therewith through a collar and groove, so that the two are compelled to rise and fall together, although permitted to turn horizontally about their different centers. The two cranks are connected by pinions 04 and e5, so that when the crank 0' is turned in one direction by the rotation of its shaft '03 the pinions will turn the crank c in the opposite direction around the guide rod l02. The cranks lie in dilferent horizontal planes, and moving, as they do, about dierent centers and being pivoted, as they are, to the cairier V at different points they serve not only to carryit bodily forward and backward, but also to give it an independent horizontal rotation, so that if the arms were raised from the position shown in Fig. 18, taking with themthe carrier V, and then turned forward they will swing the carrier V around in position to connect, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, with the receiving side of the spacer-magazine F.

The necessary longitudinal and rotary motions are imparted to the shaft 03, as shown more particularly in Figs. 23 and 24. A grooved 'collar on the lower end of the shaft is embraced by the end of a vertically-moving lever 0"', pivoted to the main frame, as shown in Fig. 2, and receiving motion at its rear end through link 07 from a lever 08, also pivoted to the main frame and acted upon by cam 09, as shown in Fig. 27. The rotary motion is imparted by a pinion 010, fixed on the lower end of the shaft l03 and actuated by a horizontal rack 011, guided in the main frame and receiving motion in one direction from a spring 012 and in the opposite direction from a link 013, actuated by an upright lever @14, pivoted to the frame and acted upon by a cam 015.

To retain the spacers in the carrier V, it is provided at the lower end, as shown in Fig. 19, with vertically-movable dogs or pawls 016. When the carrier is brought into position against the magazine F, these pawls are automatically thrown out of action, so that the spacersslide forward by gravity out of the carrier V into the magazine.

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The delivery of the line of matrices and spacers from the rear end of the support G `to the ca rrier V and elevator W is effected it is subsequentlylifted, carried forward, and

permitted .to drop behind the line in front of the next or second incoming line. It will be observed, therefore, that the finger serves the double purpose of holding the incoming line in compact order and of thereafter 'pushing the line out of the support G. As the line is transferred into the spacer-carrier V the elevator W rests on top of the carrier, so that `the one movement delivers the spacers into the carrier and the matrices into engagement with the bar of the elevator. The elevator then rises, as shown in Fig. 19, lifting all the matrices away from the spacers, which remain suspended in the carrier V. The elethe intermediate vator continues its course to the distributing mechanism, while the carrier rises and turns forward in position to deliver thespacers from the carrier into their magazine.

The actuating-bar el, through which the matrix-line is shifted, receives motion, it will be remembered, through link elfrom lever 618. This lever is pivoted at its lower end to the main frame and urged constantly rearward by a spring c25 in opposition to the action of a cam 626. The cam servesto drive the bar 616 forward, while the spring serves to pull it rearward when released that it may through parts shove the matrix-line rearward. The machine receives motion primarily through a loose driving-pulley X, connected by a clutch with a horizontal driving-pulley mounted in the main frame and carrying a pinion or', engaging a large gear-wheel .r2 on the horizontal main shaft m3. The clutch is of the ordinary lllergenthaler type, consisting of shoes bearing on the inside of the drivingpulley under the control of toggle-levers m5, which are in turn actuated by an axle-rod x4, slidingin the main shaft. An internal spring x6 tends to spread the clutch and start the machine, while a collar x7, connected with the forked end of a con trolling-lever x8, serves to move the rod endwise against the spring, and thus contract the clutch that the machine may stop. The clutch-lever :v8 is connected with a bar mi', extending to the front of the machine, operated through a link on the hand -lever m10, pivoted to the frame. When the leveris thrown rearward, the clutch is opened and the machine stops. To the lever x8 there 'is pivoted a rising-and-falling latch x12, (see Figs. 27 and 28,) havinga hooked end` which is engaged by shoulders m13 on one of the revolving cams of the main shaft, so that when the machine is in motion and has reached the proper point the shoulder m13, en-l gaging the latch, will pull it endwise and cause it to operate lever rcs and throw out and` hold out the clutch, bringing the main shaft and the various cams thereon to a rest.

When the machine is to be started, the clutch-holding latch m12 is dropped out of engagement with the shoulder, so as to release the clutch-leverws. This is done by anarm 0614, (see Figs. 27 and 29,) mounted on a horizontal shaft .9015, provided with an arm m16, which engages the controlling-har ai, before referred to, so that when this bar is drawn forward the arm fr throws the latch 0312 out ofengagement, permittingthespring to throw the clutch into action. The shaft :015 is also provided with an upright arm x17, having on `When the lever e18 is thrown forward by its actuating-cam, it is caught and held forward, as shown in Fig. 20, by a pivoted latch e27 on the main frame, and while it isu thus held against the effort of its retracting-spring the surface of the actuating-cam retreats therefrom. The latch @27 is connected with a sliding rod @23, extending to the front of the frame in a position to be acted upon by the rear end of the assembler as it slides backward to connect with the line-support. After the linesupport has been rotated to carry the line rearward its operating-lever e3 is raised and the rear end of the assembler pushed against the starting-rod (328, the effect being to disengage the latch e2T and permit the lever c1810 swing rearward, so that through the intermediate parts it will carry the arm el and the matrix-shifting devices rearward, carrying the line into the support G.

The shifting devices must not be permitted to carry the line beyond the casting-point in the first movement. A horizontal stop-lever e30, Figs. 7, 8, and 18, is therefore pivoted in the frame and provided with a shoulder to serve, as shown in Fig. 8, as a'stop for the transfer'bar e16 when it shores the matrixline into the carrier. The forward end of this stop-lever e30 is notched, as shown at 631, to interlock with the end of an arm csgin the turning assembler E. When the assembler is turned rearward, its arm sets the stop in operativeposition, as shown in Fig. 8, so that when the top of the assembler is moved rearward by the handlever to disengage the dog @27 and release the actuating-lever @18 the latter is permitted to pull the bar @16 rearward only to tbe point at which it is arrested by the stop e30. When, however, the receiver is turned forward toward its receiving position, the stop e30 is drawn back out of the path of the shifter-bar em., so that the latter may move farther to the rear when the controlling-cam permits the further movement of lever el@ This cam 62"', already referred to and shown in Fig. 27, is of such form as to give two forward and brackward movements to the parts during each revolution, the first movement to shove the ICO llO

` on the end of the horizontal shaft 765.

It will be remembered that the wedgespacers are pushed upward through the line to effect justification bythe guide-rod J, Fig. 9. This rod receives its vertical movements from theforked end of the horizontal lever j', fitting over and under a collar on the rod.

The leverj is pivoted at one end to the main frame, as shown particularly in Fig. 25, and urged upward by a springjz, acting through a rod thereon, so that the spacers are pushed upward with a yielding or spring pressure. The rise of the lever known as the justification-lever, is controlled by a cam 3'3 on the main shaft, this cam being so formed that it causes the spring-actuated lever and the bar J, which has a slight vertical playin relation to the spacers, to drive them through the line by repeated strokes and after the casting operation to draw them downward positively.

The ejector-slide N for driving the slugs out of the mold is actuated, as shown in Figs. l, 2, 3, and 14, bya connecting-rod 91, jointed at the lower end of a lever n', mounted loosely This shaft carries a revolving arm .712, the outer end of which engages a sliding pin 013 in the outer angular end of the ejecting-lever n. This establishes a momentary connection between the revolving arm and the lever, imparting motion to the latter and thence to the ejector-blade to drive it forward. As the ejector-blade reaches its limit of movement the coupling-pin 'n3 encounters an inclined surface 'n4 on the main frame and riding thereover is withdrawn sufficiently to release the ej actor-lever, the forward motion of which ceases, while the crank continues to revolve.

A returning-spring 715 is extended from the lever to the frame, and as soon as the lever is released this spring throws it backward and retracts the ejector-blade. The lower end of the lever is preferably fashioned into a handpiece in order that the attendant may operate the ejector by hand, if required, for

the ejection of slugs which offer excessive re.

sistance.

It will be observed that. the, shaft 765, carrying the ejector-lever, the pot-operating cam, and the pump-operating cam, lies at right angles to the main shaft w3, which carries all the other actuating-cams. The shaft 7r5 receives motion through miter-gear from a second horizontal shaft 71:10, Fig. 3, carrying a pinion 7cm, which receives motion from a sector-rack k12 on the side of the main gearwheel m2. This pinion also has a square hub cooperating with delay-surfaces on the gear- .wheel after the manner of the well-known stop-motion gear used in the linotype-ma chine. This arrangement imparts an intermitting rotation to the pot and pump cams.

The mold-carrying arm receives itsvibratory movement and the proper dwell at the casting and ejecting positions by the arrangement shown in Figs.-3, 17, and 32, the diskcarrying shaft 71 being provided with acrank 715, connected by pitman 716 to a crank-wheel 717, carried by the shaft of a pinion 718, which receives an intermitting rotation through a rack on the cam-wheel 719 on the main shaft. The pinion 718 is provided with a square hub Vor delay-surface corresponding with the peripheral surface of the cam, whereby the pinion is stopped and held at rest at the finish of each half-revolution. Thus it is that the disk is carried to and fro and held at rest first in front ofthe mold and then in front of the ejector. The forward-and-backward movement of the mold is effected by sliding its shaft-axle in its bearings. This movementis secured by the peripherally-grooved cam 719, above referred tio, acting on the arm of the rocking frame 7112, which is pivoted, as shown in Fig. 32, to the main frame and provided with a forked arm embracing a collar in the mold-arm shaft 71. It will be observed that this rocking frame is divided and the two parts connected through the intermediate spring, so that although the cam imparts a positive forward motion to the framethe latter applies a yielding or spring pressure to urge the mold forward against the edge of the matrices. u

It will bel remembered that the distributing mechanism receives the matrix-line from the IOC elevator W through the action of the preshorizontal pivot on the main frame, as shown in Fig. 3, this hub having a second arm w11, (see Fig. 2,) acted upon by a cam-surface on the side of the main gear-wheel m2.

The feed-screws of the distributing mechanism and the customary driving-rolls of the keyboard mechanism and the assembling devices are driven constantly, asis usual in this class of machines, while the casting, eject-ing, and transferring devices are operated intermittingly.

The arrangementof belts for imparting motion to the continuously moving parts is plainly shown in Fig. 23. It will be observed that they all receive motion through a primary belt 1025 from the constantly-turning main pulley.

In order to adapt the machine for setting lines of different lengths, it is only necessary to adjust the screw c4@ in the end of the bar @16 to control the advance of the bar and the distance to which the forward end of the line will be advanced in the support G. The opposite end or front end of the line is taken care of automatically, since the series of teeth IIO . on the bar 616 and the latch 215 will permit t gagement with the teeth of the bar 615.

them to engage in different positions.

l Of course the length-of the mold-slot will be varied to correspond either by substituting molds .or by adjusting the'liners in the ends of the mold, as commonly practiced in this class of machines.

The parts being in the position shown in Figs. l, 2, 3, and 7, the operator manipulates the keys representing the required characters and spacers in the proper order. The

`matrices are delivered from the magazine B and assembled in line in the assembler E,

together with the spacers released from the magazine F. The matrices and spacers are crowded successively into the line, as usual, by the revolving star-wheel opposite the assembler, as shown in Fig. 7. The advancing line is resisted and held in compact order by the slide 6G. When the line is of such length that the introduction of an additional word or syllable is impossible, the composing operation ceases. The operator, grasping the handle 63, depresses the same to draw back the upper part of the assembler and unlock it from the frame, after which, retaining his hold on the handle, he swings the assembler f rearward to the position shown in Fig. 8 into alinement with the line-support G and underneath the bar 616. He then operates the lever 620, thereby disengaging the dog 619l from the latch @15, which springs upward into en- He then lifts the handle 23, sliding the top of the assembler backward against the rod 628, Fig. 20, and thereby releasesthe lever 618,

l which is drawn backward by spring c25, carry- `of the 6j `ing the linotype L.

ing with it the bar 616, which, as shown in Fig. 9, pushes the `matrix-line out of the assembler E into the support G, the bar 616be ing arrested by the stop 62, Figs. 8 and 9. The finger-lever 623 is then actuated to move the slide 622, Figs. 7, 8, and 9, causing the forward end to trip the pawl 615 of the assembier-slide out of engagement with the bar 616. The assembler is now turned forward to its original position, carrying the resisting slide 66 with it away from the front end of the matrix-line. During this restoration of the assembler to its receiving position its arm 622 thrusts back the stop 630, permitting the bar 611 to continue its rearward movement under the L influence of lever618 to carry the finger l away from the rear end of the matrix-line, leaving the line supported in front of the mold. The mold closes toward the line, which is embraced between the mold-lips h3. The support G is slightly raised to aline the matrices by setting their ears upward against the under'edge of the mold. The bar J rises and pushes the spacers Z through the matrix-line to effect its elongation and justification. The mouth of the pot K closes against the back mold. The pump delivers molten metal through the mouth of the pot into the mold H and against the matrices, thus form- The pot and mold ref treat, and the moldcarrying armr swings down to the right, carrying the base of the slug past the stationary knife S and presenting it in front of the ejector N, by which it is pushed forward out of the mold` between the trimming-knives M M', Figs. 12 and 13, into the chute O, through which it falls with aturning motion into the galley P. The bar 6111, having moved rearward until the stud on the finger I is beyond the rear end of the switch g4, reverses its movement and moves forward, carrying the finger l over the top of `the matrix-line and permitting it to fallin front of the same, as shown in Fig. 18. The bar 616, moving forward again, causes the nger I to push the line of matrices and spacers rearward out of the support G, the matrices engaging the elevator W, while the spacers lodge in the carrier V. The elevator lifts the line of matrices, as shown in Figs. l and 19,tothedistributingmechanismthrongh which the matrices are returned to the top of the magazine. In the meantime the carrier V rises, revolves, and seats itself against the spacer-magazine F, into which it delivers the spacers.

All the operations necessary to the production of a linotype are performed at each revolution of the main shaft, and when the cycle of operations is complete this shaft and the connected parts are brought automatically to rest, while the assembling and distributing devices continue their action.

The expressions line, inatriX-line,and line of matrices as herein used are synonymous and unless otherwise specified are intended to designate the composed line of matrices, including the spacers.

The words assembling and com posing as used herein are synonymous, and the expressions assembled lines and coinposed lines are also synonymous.

The expression assembling mechanism as herein employed is intended to include the parts necessary for delivering the matrices and spacers successively to a common line in the assembleror equivalent support for maintaining them in line.

We believe ourselves to be the first to com- IOC bine with an assembling mechanism and a casting mechanism arranged at right angles to each other an intermediate assembler or line-support having an oscillating or vibratory motion in order to receive the line in one direction from the assembling mechanism and deliver it in a dierent direction to the casting mechanism; also, the first to provide means for turning a composed matrix-line horizontally for presentation to the casting mechanism and thereafter turning it so that i it faces in the'original position for presentalZO ILO

delivered to the casting mechanism and the carrier returned to the receiving position without waiting for the completion of the casting operation.

What is claimed as the invention is- 1. In a linotype-machine, a matrix-line as-v of a horizontal oscillating assembler, means for delivering the line of matrices to the assembler in one of its positions, means for receiving lthe line of matrices from the assettihler when the latter is in a second position and supporting it, and means for effecting the discharge of the line in said support.

4. In a linotype-machine, in combination with means for delivering the matrices successively thereto, an assembler E mounted to vibrate about a vertical axis, a line-support G arranged to receive the matrices from the assembler when-the latter is turned atan angle to its receiving position, and a slide mounted in the assembler for the double purpose of resisting the matrices during the composition of the line and of discharging the composed line to the support.

5. In a linotype-machine and in combination with means for delivering. the matrices successively thereto, an assembler mounted to turn about a horizontal axis and provided with a longitudinally-sliding upper portion, to interlock with the frame, whereby alinement of the parts is maintained during the composition of the line.

6. In a linotype-machine and in combination with a line-support G, a horizontallyturning assembler E, having its upper portion arranged to slide endwise, whereby it is adapted to interlock with the line-support..

7. In a linotype-machine, means for delivering the vmatrices in one vertical plane to the line, means for casting from the composed line in a plane at right angles to the first, means for turning the assembled line from the first plane to the second, and means for transferring the line, when turned, to the casting mechanism. Y

8. In a linotype machine, an assembler mounted to turn on an axis from a receiving to a delivering position, means for delivering the matrices into the assembler from one end, and means for delivering the composed line from the assembler at the end through which it entered.

9. In a'linotype-machine, an assembler having an open end, substantially as described, to permit the introduction of the matrices in the direction of the length of the line, and

the removal of the composed linein a reverse direction through the open end, said assembler mounted to turn on an axis at right angles to the length of the line, substantially as and for the purpose specified.-A

10. In a lnotype-machine, in combination with mechanism for delivering the matrices successively thereto and mechanism for receiving the composed line therefrom, the in- Itermediate pivQted assembler E, aslide therein to effect the discharge of the composed line after the assembler is turned, and powerdriven mechanism for actuating said slide.

11. Inalinotype-machine,theeombnation of an assembler E, pivoted to turn from a receiving to a discharging position, a discharging-slide therein, means for supporting the matrix-line when discharged, a reciprocating power-driven bar 616, and means for connecting said bar to the discharging-slide, whereby the delivery of the line from the assembler to the support is effected.

12. In a linotype machine, the vibrating assembler E, having a sliding upper portion to carry the matrices, in combination with the connecting and operating lever e3.

13. In combination with the pivoted vibrating assembler E, the lever e3 and a coperating member e5, whereby the assembler is locked in position.

14. In combination with the assembler E,

the slide therein, the power-driven bar el, and

the pawl on the assembler-slide to engage said bar.

15. In combination with the assembler, the slide therein, its. pawl 615, and the actuatingbar @16 arranged to engage the pawl in different positions, whereby compensation is made for variation in the length of the matriX-line.

16. In combination with the assembler, the support G arranged to receive the matrixline therefrom, devices to effect the transfer of the line, and a movable stop e20 to arrest the advance of the transfer devices.

17. In combination with the turning assembler E, the support G to receive the matrixline from the assembler, means for effecting the transfer of the line, and a stop 620, controlled in its position by the assembler, where- -by the accidental transfer of the line beyond the casting-point is prevented.

18. In a linotype-machine and in combination with the assembler, a support G to receive the matrix-line therefrom, a spring-actuated mechanism to effect the transfer of the .lin`e, and a locking device for said mechanism,

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locking device e?? to prevent the movement of said lever, and a connection eis, whereby the assembler is enabled to release the lever and transfer devices.

20. The turning assembler E and the slide `therein to expel the matrix-line, in combination with the actuating-bar 616, the pawl for connecting the slide with said bar, and a manual device, as 922, for disengaging the pawl.

21. In a linotypemachine, in combination with an assembler to which the matrices are successively delivered, a slide serving the double purpose of resisting the incoming matrices and of expelling the composed line.

22. In a linotype-machine, the combination of an assembler E, a slide therein to expel the composed line, a power-driven actuating-bar c1, a pawl 915 to connect the slide with said bar, a latch to hold the pawl out of engagement, and a manual device for disengaging the pawl, whereby connection is established between the slide and the actuating-bar.

23.` In a linotype-machine, an assembler wherein the matrices are successively received and alined, a slide therein to resist the incoming matrices and subsequently expel the completedline, and a dash-pot connected to said slide to control its speed.

24. In a linotype-machine, the line-support G and a movable assembler arranged to aline with said support to deliver the matrices thereto, in combination with a slide to expel the matrices from` the assembler, and a sliding bar 616, provided with a vertically-movable iingerl, for the double purpose of conlining the incoming line and deliveringthe Vline subsequent to the casting operation.

`finger is caused to pass backward over the line.

27. In a linotype-machine and in combination with a mold movable to and from the composed line of matrices, a line-support G fixed against horizontal motion and open at both ends, means for carrying the composed` line into the support from one end, and means for delivering the line from the support .at the opposite end, subsequent to the casting action.

28. In a linotype-machine, the combination of a pot, movable to and from the mold, a mold, movable toand from the matrix-line and having lips to embrace the line, a linelill.

vline to deliver it from the support.

30. In a linotype-machine, the vertically-4 movable support G, for the matrix-line, in combination with a lifting-spring and. a depressing device, whereby the spring is caused to aline the ears of the contained matrices with yielding pressure against the mold and means for depressing the support G, whereby.

the matrices are positively relieved from pres- -sure against the mold.

31. In a linotype-machine, the combination of a vertically-movable line-support, a vertically-movable justifying-bar J, and a leverj', arranged to operate both of said parts.

32. The combination of the bar J, the actuating-leverj, arranged to raise and lower said bar, the vertically-movable line-support G, loosely engaging the lever to be depressed thereby, and a spring g2, acting tolift the linesupport.

33. In a linotype-machine, a matrix-line support G, fixed against horizontal motion, and means for introducing the composed line endwise into said support, in combination with a horizontally-movable mold, having end lips to embrace the matrix-line.

34. In a linotype-machine, means for advancing a composed line of matrices endwise,

first to the casting position, and thereafter in the same line to a point beyond the casting position, in combination with a cooperating mold, movable to and from the matrix-line and having end lips to embrace the latter, whereby the confinement of the line endwise is effected without movement of the line for the purpose.

35. Ina linotype-machine, in combination with a horizontal support and guide for sustaining the line of matrices and spacers, means for delivering the line endwise therefrom, and independent means for receiving and carrying away the matrices and spacers respectively.

36. In a linotype-machine, means for sus- 4.taining the line before the mold, means for delivering the line endwise therefrom, a movable elevator or carrier to receive and engage the matrices when so delivered, and a spacecarrier arranged to receive the spacers at the same time.

37. In a linotype-machine, the combination of a line-support G, an elevator W for receiving and transferring the matrices, a'carrier V to receive and transfer the spacers, and means for imparting differential motion totheele- IIO 

